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Bellevue, Washington

January 20, 2023

"Bellevue, WA" redirects here. For the suburb of Perth, see Bellevue, Western Australia.
Not to be confused with Bellevue (Washington, D.C.).
For other places with the same name, see Bellevue (disambiguation).

Bellevue (/ˈbɛlvjuː/ BEL-vew) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and has variously been characterized as a satellite city, a suburb, a boomburb, or an edge city.[5][6] Its population was 122,363 at the 2010 census[7] and 151,854 in the 2020 census.[2] The city's name is derived from the French term belle vue ("beautiful view").[8]

Bellevue, Washington
City
Top: Downtown Bellevue in 2020.
Bottom: Bellevue as seen from Lake Washington.
Seal
Location of Bellevue within King County, Washington, and of King County within Washington
U.S. Census map
Bellevue, Washington
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 47°36′52″N 122°11′33″W / 47.61444°N 122.19250°W / 47.61444; -122.19250Coordinates: 47°36′52″N 122°11′33″W / 47.61444°N 122.19250°W / 47.61444; -122.19250
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyKing
IncorporatedMarch 31, 1953
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • BodyBellevue City Council
 • MayorLynne Robinson
 • City managerBrad Miyake
Area
[1]
 • City37.50 sq mi (97.14 km2)
 • Land33.46 sq mi (86.66 km2)
 • Water4.04 sq mi (10.47 km2)
Elevation
85 ft (26 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • City151,854
 • Estimate 
(2021)[3]
149,440
 • RankUS: 178th
WA: 5th
 • Density4,000/sq mi (1,600/km2)
 • Metro
4,011,553 (US: 15th)
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
98004-98009
Area code425
FIPS code53-05210
GNIS ID1512000[4]
Websitebellevuewa.gov

Bellevue is home to some of the world's largest technology companies. Before and after the 2008 recession, its downtown area has been undergoing rapid change with many high-rise projects being constructed. Downtown Bellevue is currently the second-largest city center in Washington state, with 1,300 businesses, 45,000 employees, and 10,200 residents.[9] In a 2018 estimate, the city's median household income was among the top five cities in the state of Washington.[10] In 2008, Bellevue was number one in CNNMoney's list of the best places to live and launch a business,[11] and in 2010 was again ranked as the fourth-best place to live in America.[12] In 2014, Bellevue was ranked as the second-best place to live by USA Today.[13]

More than 145 companies have been located in Bellevue; companies currently headquartered there include PACCAR Inc, T-Mobile, and Valve. The technology company Amazon was founded in Bellevue by Jeff Bezos.

History

The Duwamish, whose main settlements were located in present-day Renton and Seattle, maintained a small outpost settlement called Satskal (SAH-tsah-kahl) along the Mercer Slough, south of present-day downtown Bellevue.[14] It was from this village that an attack on the settlers of Elliott Bay was staged. The Duwamish also had a village near Factoria called 'pah-pah-DEEL'.[15]

Bellevue was first settled by European Americans in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and Aaron Mercer, who claimed homestead tracts several miles apart. Both moved away within a few years, and permanent residents did not arrive until 1879. By 1882, a community, consisting mostly of logging homesteaders, had established itself.[14] Once the land had been logged, it was gradually cleared, largely by Japanese immigrant labor in the early 20th century, to support small-scale farming on leased land plots.[16]

By the early part of the 20th century, Bellevue had acquired a reputation as a weekend getaway destination for Seattle residents, who would arrive by ferry at Meydenbauer Bay and spend the day at nearby Wildwood Park.[17] After the ferry landing was moved to Medina, however, tourism to Bellevue waned. To counter this decline, the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was conceived of in 1925, and by the 1930s it had grown to attract as many as 15,000 visitors. At the time, Bellevue was still a small town with around 2,000 residents.[18]

Prior to the opening of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge in 1940, Bellevue was mostly rural farmland area with little development. Although it was small, developers were pushing to change that; in the 1920s, James S. Ditty predicted that it would become a city with a population of 200,000.[19] He envisioned plans that included the bridging of Lake Washington and an area filled with golf courses and airports.[20] His map with these visions was published in 1928.[20] Once the Murrow Memorial Bridge opened, access from Seattle improved, and the area began to evolve into a bedroom community.[8]

In 1942, the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was cancelled. The primary reason was that some 90 percent of the agricultural workforce in the area was of Japanese ancestry, and all of these farmers and their families had been forcibly interned in camps following the start of World War II.[21] The fair would not be revived for another 45 years. Following the expulsion of the ethnic Japanese farming community, a large quantity of farmland became available for development.[22] This made way for the initial development of the Bellevue downtown area.

 
Bellevue seen from Meydenbauer Bay in 1902

Bellevue incorporated as a third-class city on the March 31, 1953.[23] Following the 1963 opening of a second bridge across the lake, the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, the city began to grow more rapidly. The Crossroads community was annexed in 1964.[24] Lake Hills was annexed in 1969.[25] By the 1970 census, Bellevue had become the fourth most populous city in the state of Washington, behind only Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma.[26]

Bellevue remains one of the largest cities in the state, with several high-rise structures in its core and a burgeoning business community. The city experienced a building boom during the mid-2000s, with the building of developments such as Lincoln Square and the Bravern.[8]

Bellevue Square is located in downtown Bellevue and is now one of the largest shopping centers in the region. Opened in 1946,[8] the mall has undergone several significant phases of expansion since the 1980s.[citation needed]

The city's plans include the Bel-Red Corridor Project, a large-scale planning effort to encourage the redevelopment of the large Bel-Red section of the city bordering the adjacent town of Redmond which is a major employment area in the city.[27] Patterned after the redevelopment of the downtown core, plans include superblock mixed-use projects similar to Lincoln Square, premised on private construction and the development of infrastructure such as the extension of Link light rail to the Eastside.[citation needed]

Geography

Bellevue lies between Lake Washington to the west and the smaller Lake Sammamish to the east. Much of Bellevue is drained by the Kelsey Creek watershed, whose source is located in the Larsen Lake and Phantom Lake green belt and whose outlet is near where Interstate 90 meets Lake Washington's eastern shore. The city is bisected by Interstate 405 running north–south, and the southern portion is crossed from west to east by Interstate 90. The State Route 520 freeway roughly delineates the upper reaches of Bellevue.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.47 square miles (94.46 km2), of which 31.97 square miles (82.80 km2) is land and 4.50 square miles (11.65 km2) is water.[28]

The city's name is derived from a French term for "beautiful view". Under favorable weather conditions, scenic vistas of the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Mountains can be viewed from hilltops (and strategically positioned high-rise buildings) within the incorporated city.

South of I-90, the city continues up Cougar Mountain, at the top of which is an unincorporated King County location called Hilltop. To the west of Cougar Mountain, Bellevue includes the Coal Creek, Somerset, and Factoria neighborhoods.

Bellevue is bordered by the cities of Kirkland to the north and Redmond to the northeast along the Overlake and Crossroads neighborhoods. Across the short East Channel Bridge, I-90 connects Bellevue to Mercer Island to the southwest. Issaquah is to the east, down I-90 at the south end of Lake Sammamish. The city is bordered to the west by many affluent suburbs such as Medina, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point and Yarrow Point. The south end of Bellevue is bordered by the city of Renton, and to the southeast, the relatively recently incorporated city of Newcastle.

Cityscape

 
Aerial view of Bellevue skyline
See also: List of tallest buildings in Bellevue, Washington

Neighborhoods within Bellevue include Bellecrest, Bel-Red, Bridle Trails, Crossroads, Eastgate/Cougar Mountain, Enatai, Factoria, Lake Hills, Newport, Newport Hills, Northeast Bellevue, Northwest Bellevue, Overlake, Sammamish/East Bellevue, Somerset, Sunset, Tam O'Shanter, West Bellevue, Wilburton, and Woodridge.[29]

Climate

Like much of the Puget Sound lowland, Bellevue has a mild oceanic climate. It also has frequent rain showers from October to May, with precipitation levels typically being over 2 inches (51 mm).[30] On average, the hottest month is July, while January is the coldest.[30] Bellevue gets an average of 32.02 inches (813 mm) of rain per year, based on data from 1981 to 2013. However, the city published an analysis of rainfall stating that 2016 saw an usually high 47.14 inches (1,197 mm) of rainfall, and that rainfall in 2014–2016 was trending unusually high.[31] The wet season of 2017, defined as the period from October through April, saw a similar rainfall of 47.26 inches (1,200 mm).[32]

Bellevue
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
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Metric conversion
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Climate data for Bellevue, Washington
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 65
(18) 		70
(21) 		78
(26) 		89
(32) 		93
(34) 		108
(42) 		105
(41) 		100
(38) 		100
(38) 		90
(32) 		75
(24) 		64
(18) 		108
(42)
Average high °F (°C) 43
(6) 		47
(8) 		54
(12) 		58
(14) 		66
(19) 		70
(21) 		77
(25) 		78
(26) 		71
(22) 		60
(16) 		51
(11) 		44
(7) 		60
(16)
Average low °F (°C) 32
(0) 		35
(2) 		38
(3) 		42
(6) 		47
(8) 		52
(11) 		55
(13) 		57
(14) 		52
(11) 		46
(8) 		40
(4) 		34
(1) 		44
(7)
Record low °F (°C) −5
(−21) 		−4
(−20) 		10
(−12) 		27
(−3) 		28
(−2) 		36
(2) 		42
(6) 		42
(6) 		35
(2) 		21
(−6) 		4
(−16) 		0
(−18) 		−5
(−21)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.49
(114) 		3.67
(93) 		3.84
(98) 		2.84
(72) 		2.10
(53) 		1.68
(43) 		0.97
(25) 		0.97
(25) 		1.71
(43) 		3.32
(84) 		4.92
(125) 		5.45
(138) 		35.96
(913)
Source 1: [33]
Source 2: [34]

Surrounding cities

Transportation

 
I-405 as seen from the NE 8th Street Overpass

Bellevue is the main Eastside hub for both the local transit authority, King County Metro, and Sound Transit, the regional transit system. The Bellevue Transit Center, which serves both Metro and Sound buses, is located in the heart of the downtown business district and is connected to Interstate 405 by NE 6th St. and a direct-access Texas T HOV ramp. Local buses run into Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, Renton, and the University District;[35] regional buses go to Bothell, Lynnwood, Everett, Seattle, Renton, Kent and Auburn, among other cities.[36]

The 2 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system is planned to run from Seattle through Mercer Island and Bellevue before ending in Redmond. It was approved by voters on November 4, 2008, as part of the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure.[37][failed verification][38] It began construction in 2015 and is scheduled to begin service in 2023.

The Bellevue City Council lobbied hard for Sound Transit—the regional transit authority—to construct its light-rail line underground through Bellevue's rapidly growing downtown.[39] Bellevue promised to devote between $104 million and $150 million toward a potential tunnel in the form of cash, services, free access to rights-of-way and one-time tax revenues that result from the East Link project. In November 2011, the council signed an agreement with Sound Transit.[40] Tunnel construction started in early 2016 while the remainder of downtown Bellevue construction began in mid-2017.[41] Former Bellevue City Council member Claudia Balducci is a member of the Sound Transit board of directors.

The City of Bellevue has undertaken an extensive "Bel-Red Area Transformation" process which seeks to plan some 900 acres (3.6 km2) in the Spring District in the city's northern portion,[42] all of which is premised on the extension of light rail to the Eastside under Sound Transit 2.[43] The top-down and highly integrated land use and transportation planning is similar to earlier planning for the Downtown.

Bellevue was also served by a railroad, a Burlington Northern branch line known as the Woodinville Subdivision, which included the historic Wilburton Trestle. The line is now disused, though part of the track bed at Wilburton Station will be reused by Sound Transit's light-rail construction.[44] Construction of Eastrail, a rail trail on the abandoned Woodinville Subdivision right of way through Bellevue, is planned to be completed in 2023. Some sections of the railroad in Bellevue were demolished in 2008 to make way for the expansion of I-405 and will require the construction of additional structures to supplement the existing right of way.[45]

The city once had an operating airfield named Bellevue Airfield.

Government and politics

 
Bellevue City Hall, opened in 2006
Presidential election results[46]
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2020 25.81% 18,198 71.30% 50,277 2.89% 2,036
2016 24.58% 15,175 66.11% 40,820 9.31% 5,747
2012 35.76% 22,083 61.59% 38,036 2.65% 1,634
2008 34.41% 19,531 63.82% 36,224 1.77% 1,004
2004 41.68% 24,089 57.01% 32,952 1.31% 756

Bellevue has a council-manager form of government with seven non-partisan council members elected at large for staggered four-year terms.[47] The City Council selects a Mayor from among its members (not by popular vote), who serves as council chair for two years but has no veto power. As of 2022, the mayor is Lynne Robinson and the deputy mayor is Jared Nieuwenhuis.[48] The mayor administrates council meetings, helps set the issues on the council's meeting agendas, and serves as the city's most visible spokesperson. Operational authority is held by the city manager, who administers the city's day-to-day activities. The city manager is also elected by the seven members of the council instead of by popular vote.

Politically, the city leans strongly Democratic, much like the Seattle/King County area as a whole. Of the 61,742 residents who cast ballots in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, 66.11% voted for Hillary Clinton, compared to 24.58% for Donald Trump.[49]

Education

Main article: Bellevue School District

The vast majority of the city is served by the Bellevue School District.[50] There are four main public high schools – Bellevue High School, Interlake High School, Newport High School, and Sammamish High School – as well as two choice lottery high schools, International School and Big Picture School. Newsweek's 2015 ranking of U.S. public high schools placed Interlake at #359 and Newport at #391, with both schools noted for equitably helping low-income students meet average scores on standardized tests.[51]

Portions of Bellevue also lie within the boundaries of Lake Washington School District, Renton School District and Issaquah School District.[50]

At the higher education level the city is home to Bellevue College, part of the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system.

Bellevue is home to Open Window School, an independent school serving gifted students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle is located in Bellevue, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8. At the elementary level, Bellevue is home to several Montessori schools,[citation needed] the Eastside's only Waldorf education at Three Cedars School, as well as Bellevue Christian School. The Seattle Japanese School, a Japanese weekend supplementary school, holds its classes in Bellevue.[52]

Economy

See also: List of companies based in Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue is an economic hub of the Seattle region's Eastside and home to the headquarters of various sizes, including the U.S. operations for many international firms. Since 2005, the city has become a hub for software engineering and other technology development centers. These include Expedia, PACCAR Inc, T-Mobile US, Eddie Bauer, SAP Concur, and Symetra. Bellevue hosts a number of satellite offices for large technology companies such as eBay, Oracle, Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft; Microsoft was at one point headquartered in Bellevue but has since moved to the neighboring community of Redmond, Washington. Celebrated video game companies Valve, Bungie, Sucker Punch Productions, and The Pokémon Company are also based here.

In 2019, Amazon[53] and Facebook[54] announced plans to open large engineering centers in Bellevue with plans to add several thousand employees.[55] In 2018, Google also opened a major engineering facility in downtown Bellevue.[56] As of 2020, there are several high-rise office buildings in Downtown Bellevue that are under construction or in active planning and design phases, including Bellevue 600, part of a major Amazon campus.[57][58] Several high-rise residential buildings are also planned in downtown, spurred in part by future light rail service, on former retail and low-rise commercial lots.[59][60]

Largest Employers in Bellevue, 2021[61]
Rank Employer Bellevue FTEs
1 Microsoft 8,700
2 T-Mobile 6,300
3 Amazon 3,100
4 Overlake Hospital 2,800
5 Bellevue School District 2,500
6 City of Bellevue 1,900
7 Bellevue College 1,800
8 Concur 1,700
9 Salesforce 1,300
10 Symetra Financial 1,000

The city has numerous thriving commercial districts, with four major shopping centers: Bellevue Square in the downtown area, Factoria Mall to the south, Crossroads Mall to the east, and the Overlake Shopping District in the north.

 
Panorama of the Downtown Bellevue skyline, taken from Bellevue Downtown Park in 2009

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1900254—
1910150−40.9%
19201,213708.7%
19301,071−11.7%
19401,1779.9%
19507,658550.6%
196012,80967.3%
197061,196377.8%
198073,90320.8%
199086,87417.6%
2000109,56926.1%
2010122,36311.7%
2020151,85424.1%
2021 (est.)149,440[3]−1.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[62]
2020 Census[2]

As of 2018, one in three Bellevue residents was born outside the United States. About half of residents identify as a person of color or ethnic minority.[61]

According to a 2018 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $113,698.[10] In a 2020 survey of Centers for Disease Control data, Bellevue was ranked first among small U.S. cities with the highest percentage of physically active adults, with 86 percent reporting that they exercise.[63]

In 2006, Bellevue was rated one of the 25 safest cities in America,[64] based on the per-capita incidence of violent crime.

2010 census

As of the census[7] of 2010, there were 122,363 people, 50,355 households, and 32,145 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,827.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,477.8/km2). There were 55,551 housing units at an average density of 1,737.6 per square mile (670.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 62.6% White, 2.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 27.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.0% of the population.

There were 50,355 households, of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.97.

The median age in the city was 38.5 years. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.8% were from 25 to 44; 26.5% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.1% male and 49.9% female.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 109,569 people, 45,836 households, and 29,060 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,563.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,375.8/km2). There were 48,396 housing units at an average density of 607.7/km2 (1,574.0/mi2). The racial makeup of the city was 74.33% White, 1.99% African American, 0.32% Native American, 17.39% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 2.54% from other races, and 3.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.32% of the population.

There were 45,836 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.6% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $62,338, and the median income for a family was $76,868. Males had a median income of $56,456 versus $37,124 for females. The per capita income for the city was $36,905. About 3.8% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

Cultural events

Bellevue is the site of the annual Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair (originally Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair), held since 1947 during the last weekend in July. The biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition draws thousands of visitors to the Downtown Park to view up to 46 three-dimensional artworks from artists around the country. In celebration of its strawberry farming history, Bellevue holds an annual Strawberry Festival on the fourth weekend in June at Crossroads Park.[65] The festival initially began in 1925, and continued to 1942 when many Bellevue's strawberry farmers were incarcerated as part of the Japanese Internment. In 1987 the festival was resumed as a one evening event, and in 2003 it was expanded back to a multi-day festival.[66]

Places of interest

 
Bellevue Arts Museum

The Bellevue Arts Museum first opened in 1975, then moved to Bellevue Square in 1983. In 2001, the museum moved into its own building, designed by Steven Holl. The museum subsequently ran into financial difficulties and was closed to the public in 2003. After a lengthy fundraising campaign, a remodel, and a new mission to become a national center for the fine art of craft and design, the museum reopened on June 18, 2005 with an exhibition of teapots.[67] The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art - now closed - contained one of the largest doll collections in the world—more than a thousand dolls—displayed on two floors of a Victorian-style building,[68] which is now the site of the KidsQuest Children's Museum. Near Interstate 405 is Meydenbauer Center, a convention center that brings corporate meetings and charity events to the downtown area. Meydenbauer also includes a 410-seat theater which attracts operas, ballets, and orchestral performances.[69]

The city government has planned to build a performing arts center, tentatively named the Tateuchi Center (named for philanthropist Ina Tateuchi), since the 1980s.[70] It would include a 2,000-seat concert hall, offices, and creative spaces at a site in Downtown Bellevue. The $200 million project is partially funded with private donations and grants from the city and county governments.[71]

Sports and recreation

Since the 1970s, the city has taken an active role in ensuring that its commercial development does not overwhelm its natural land and water resources.[72] Today, the Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department manages more than 2,500 acres (10 km2) of parks and open spaces, including the Downtown Park and the Bellevue Botanical Garden, as well as several playgrounds, beach parks, and trails. More than 5,500 Bellevue residents participate in volunteer activities through this department annually.[73]

Bellevue was home to the American Basketball Association team, the Bellevue Blackhawks. The Blackhawks in 2005, despite being ranked 13th in the league, made it to the championship game in front of 15,000 fans in Little Rock, Arkansas.[74] The team has been inactive since 2006.[75]

Notable people

Athletes, coaches, and sportscasters

Sister cities

Bellevue has the following sister cities:[89][90]

See also

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Bellevue WA redirects here For the suburb of Perth see Bellevue Western Australia Not to be confused with Bellevue Washington D C For other places with the same name see Bellevue disambiguation Bellevue ˈ b ɛ l v j uː BEL vew is a city in the Eastside region of King County Washington United States located across Lake Washington from Seattle It is the third largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and has variously been characterized as a satellite city a suburb a boomburb or an edge city 5 6 Its population was 122 363 at the 2010 census 7 and 151 854 in the 2020 census 2 The city s name is derived from the French term belle vue beautiful view 8 Bellevue WashingtonCityTop Downtown Bellevue in 2020 Bottom Bellevue as seen from Lake Washington SealLocation of Bellevue within King County Washington and of King County within WashingtonU S Census mapBellevue WashingtonLocation in the United StatesCoordinates 47 36 52 N 122 11 33 W 47 61444 N 122 19250 W 47 61444 122 19250 Coordinates 47 36 52 N 122 11 33 W 47 61444 N 122 19250 W 47 61444 122 19250CountryUnited StatesStateWashingtonCountyKingIncorporatedMarch 31 1953Government TypeCouncil manager BodyBellevue City Council MayorLynne Robinson City managerBrad MiyakeArea 1 City37 50 sq mi 97 14 km2 Land33 46 sq mi 86 66 km2 Water4 04 sq mi 10 47 km2 Elevation85 ft 26 m Population 2020 2 City151 854 Estimate 2021 3 149 440 RankUS 178thWA 5th Density4 000 sq mi 1 600 km2 Metro4 011 553 US 15th Time zoneUTC 8 PST Summer DST UTC 7 PDT ZIP Codes98004 98009Area code425FIPS code53 05210GNIS ID1512000 4 Websitebellevuewa govBellevue is home to some of the world s largest technology companies Before and after the 2008 recession its downtown area has been undergoing rapid change with many high rise projects being constructed Downtown Bellevue is currently the second largest city center in Washington state with 1 300 businesses 45 000 employees and 10 200 residents 9 In a 2018 estimate the city s median household income was among the top five cities in the state of Washington 10 In 2008 Bellevue was number one in CNNMoney s list of the best places to live and launch a business 11 and in 2010 was again ranked as the fourth best place to live in America 12 In 2014 Bellevue was ranked as the second best place to live by USA Today 13 More than 145 companies have been located in Bellevue companies currently headquartered there include PACCAR Inc T Mobile and Valve The technology company Amazon was founded in Bellevue by Jeff Bezos Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Cityscape 2 2 Climate 2 3 Surrounding cities 2 4 Transportation 3 Government and politics 4 Education 5 Economy 6 Demographics 6 1 2010 census 6 2 2000 census 7 Arts and culture 7 1 Cultural events 7 2 Places of interest 7 3 Sports and recreation 8 Notable people 8 1 Athletes coaches and sportscasters 9 Sister cities 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory EditThe Duwamish whose main settlements were located in present day Renton and Seattle maintained a small outpost settlement called Satskal SAH tsah kahl along the Mercer Slough south of present day downtown Bellevue 14 It was from this village that an attack on the settlers of Elliott Bay was staged The Duwamish also had a village near Factoria called pah pah DEEL 15 Bellevue was first settled by European Americans in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and Aaron Mercer who claimed homestead tracts several miles apart Both moved away within a few years and permanent residents did not arrive until 1879 By 1882 a community consisting mostly of logging homesteaders had established itself 14 Once the land had been logged it was gradually cleared largely by Japanese immigrant labor in the early 20th century to support small scale farming on leased land plots 16 By the early part of the 20th century Bellevue had acquired a reputation as a weekend getaway destination for Seattle residents who would arrive by ferry at Meydenbauer Bay and spend the day at nearby Wildwood Park 17 After the ferry landing was moved to Medina however tourism to Bellevue waned To counter this decline the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was conceived of in 1925 and by the 1930s it had grown to attract as many as 15 000 visitors At the time Bellevue was still a small town with around 2 000 residents 18 Prior to the opening of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge in 1940 Bellevue was mostly rural farmland area with little development Although it was small developers were pushing to change that in the 1920s James S Ditty predicted that it would become a city with a population of 200 000 19 He envisioned plans that included the bridging of Lake Washington and an area filled with golf courses and airports 20 His map with these visions was published in 1928 20 Once the Murrow Memorial Bridge opened access from Seattle improved and the area began to evolve into a bedroom community 8 In 1942 the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was cancelled The primary reason was that some 90 percent of the agricultural workforce in the area was of Japanese ancestry and all of these farmers and their families had been forcibly interned in camps following the start of World War II 21 The fair would not be revived for another 45 years Following the expulsion of the ethnic Japanese farming community a large quantity of farmland became available for development 22 This made way for the initial development of the Bellevue downtown area Bellevue seen from Meydenbauer Bay in 1902 Bellevue incorporated as a third class city on the March 31 1953 23 Following the 1963 opening of a second bridge across the lake the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge the city began to grow more rapidly The Crossroads community was annexed in 1964 24 Lake Hills was annexed in 1969 25 By the 1970 census Bellevue had become the fourth most populous city in the state of Washington behind only Seattle Spokane and Tacoma 26 Bellevue remains one of the largest cities in the state with several high rise structures in its core and a burgeoning business community The city experienced a building boom during the mid 2000s with the building of developments such as Lincoln Square and the Bravern 8 Bellevue Square is located in downtown Bellevue and is now one of the largest shopping centers in the region Opened in 1946 8 the mall has undergone several significant phases of expansion since the 1980s citation needed The city s plans include the Bel Red Corridor Project a large scale planning effort to encourage the redevelopment of the large Bel Red section of the city bordering the adjacent town of Redmond which is a major employment area in the city 27 Patterned after the redevelopment of the downtown core plans include superblock mixed use projects similar to Lincoln Square premised on private construction and the development of infrastructure such as the extension of Link light rail to the Eastside citation needed Geography EditBellevue lies between Lake Washington to the west and the smaller Lake Sammamish to the east Much of Bellevue is drained by the Kelsey Creek watershed whose source is located in the Larsen Lake and Phantom Lake green belt and whose outlet is near where Interstate 90 meets Lake Washington s eastern shore The city is bisected by Interstate 405 running north south and the southern portion is crossed from west to east by Interstate 90 The State Route 520 freeway roughly delineates the upper reaches of Bellevue According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 36 47 square miles 94 46 km2 of which 31 97 square miles 82 80 km2 is land and 4 50 square miles 11 65 km2 is water 28 The city s name is derived from a French term for beautiful view Under favorable weather conditions scenic vistas of the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Mountains can be viewed from hilltops and strategically positioned high rise buildings within the incorporated city South of I 90 the city continues up Cougar Mountain at the top of which is an unincorporated King County location called Hilltop To the west of Cougar Mountain Bellevue includes the Coal Creek Somerset and Factoria neighborhoods Bellevue is bordered by the cities of Kirkland to the north and Redmond to the northeast along the Overlake and Crossroads neighborhoods Across the short East Channel Bridge I 90 connects Bellevue to Mercer Island to the southwest Issaquah is to the east down I 90 at the south end of Lake Sammamish The city is bordered to the west by many affluent suburbs such as Medina Clyde Hill Hunts Point and Yarrow Point The south end of Bellevue is bordered by the city of Renton and to the southeast the relatively recently incorporated city of Newcastle Cityscape Edit Aerial view of Bellevue skyline See also List of tallest buildings in Bellevue Washington Neighborhoods within Bellevue include Bellecrest Bel Red Bridle Trails Crossroads Eastgate Cougar Mountain Enatai Factoria Lake Hills Newport Newport Hills Northeast Bellevue Northwest Bellevue Overlake Sammamish East Bellevue Somerset Sunset Tam O Shanter West Bellevue Wilburton and Woodridge 29 Climate Edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it September 2014 Like much of the Puget Sound lowland Bellevue has a mild oceanic climate It also has frequent rain showers from October to May with precipitation levels typically being over 2 inches 51 mm 30 On average the hottest month is July while January is the coldest 30 Bellevue gets an average of 32 02 inches 813 mm of rain per year based on data from 1981 to 2013 However the city published an analysis of rainfall stating that 2016 saw an usually high 47 14 inches 1 197 mm of rainfall and that rainfall in 2014 2016 was trending unusually high 31 The wet season of 2017 defined as the period from October through April saw a similar rainfall of 47 26 inches 1 200 mm 32 BellevueClimate chart explanation J F M A M J J A S O N D 4 5 43 32 3 7 47 35 3 8 54 38 2 8 58 42 2 1 65 47 1 7 70 52 1 77 55 1 78 57 1 7 71 52 3 3 60 46 4 9 52 40 5 5 44 34Average max and min temperatures in FPrecipitation totals in inchesMetric conversionJ F M A M J J A S O N D 114 6 0 94 8 2 97 12 3 71 14 6 53 18 8 43 21 11 25 25 13 25 26 14 43 22 11 84 16 8 124 11 4 140 7 1Average max and min temperatures in CPrecipitation totals in mmClimate data for Bellevue WashingtonMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 65 18 70 21 78 26 89 32 93 34 108 42 105 41 100 38 100 38 90 32 75 24 64 18 108 42 Average high F C 43 6 47 8 54 12 58 14 66 19 70 21 77 25 78 26 71 22 60 16 51 11 44 7 60 16 Average low F C 32 0 35 2 38 3 42 6 47 8 52 11 55 13 57 14 52 11 46 8 40 4 34 1 44 7 Record low F C 5 21 4 20 10 12 27 3 28 2 36 2 42 6 42 6 35 2 21 6 4 16 0 18 5 21 Average precipitation inches mm 4 49 114 3 67 93 3 84 98 2 84 72 2 10 53 1 68 43 0 97 25 0 97 25 1 71 43 3 32 84 4 92 125 5 45 138 35 96 913 Source 1 33 Source 2 34 Surrounding cities Edit Transportation Edit I 405 as seen from the NE 8th Street OverpassBellevue is the main Eastside hub for both the local transit authority King County Metro and Sound Transit the regional transit system The Bellevue Transit Center which serves both Metro and Sound buses is located in the heart of the downtown business district and is connected to Interstate 405 by NE 6th St and a direct access Texas T HOV ramp Local buses run into Kirkland Redmond Issaquah Renton and the University District 35 regional buses go to Bothell Lynnwood Everett Seattle Renton Kent and Auburn among other cities 36 The 2 Line of Sound Transit s Link light rail system is planned to run from Seattle through Mercer Island and Bellevue before ending in Redmond It was approved by voters on November 4 2008 as part of the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure 37 failed verification 38 It began construction in 2015 and is scheduled to begin service in 2023 The Bellevue City Council lobbied hard for Sound Transit the regional transit authority to construct its light rail line underground through Bellevue s rapidly growing downtown 39 Bellevue promised to devote between 104 million and 150 million toward a potential tunnel in the form of cash services free access to rights of way and one time tax revenues that result from the East Link project In November 2011 the council signed an agreement with Sound Transit 40 Tunnel construction started in early 2016 while the remainder of downtown Bellevue construction began in mid 2017 41 Former Bellevue City Council member Claudia Balducci is a member of the Sound Transit board of directors The City of Bellevue has undertaken an extensive Bel Red Area Transformation process which seeks to plan some 900 acres 3 6 km2 in the Spring District in the city s northern portion 42 all of which is premised on the extension of light rail to the Eastside under Sound Transit 2 43 The top down and highly integrated land use and transportation planning is similar to earlier planning for the Downtown Bellevue was also served by a railroad a Burlington Northern branch line known as the Woodinville Subdivision which included the historic Wilburton Trestle The line is now disused though part of the track bed at Wilburton Station will be reused by Sound Transit s light rail construction 44 Construction of Eastrail a rail trail on the abandoned Woodinville Subdivision right of way through Bellevue is planned to be completed in 2023 Some sections of the railroad in Bellevue were demolished in 2008 to make way for the expansion of I 405 and will require the construction of additional structures to supplement the existing right of way 45 The city once had an operating airfield named Bellevue Airfield Government and politics Edit Bellevue City Hall opened in 2006 Presidential election results 46 Year Republican Democratic Third Parties2020 25 81 18 198 71 30 50 277 2 89 2 0362016 24 58 15 175 66 11 40 820 9 31 5 7472012 35 76 22 083 61 59 38 036 2 65 1 6342008 34 41 19 531 63 82 36 224 1 77 1 0042004 41 68 24 089 57 01 32 952 1 31 756Bellevue has a council manager form of government with seven non partisan council members elected at large for staggered four year terms 47 The City Council selects a Mayor from among its members not by popular vote who serves as council chair for two years but has no veto power As of 2022 update the mayor is Lynne Robinson and the deputy mayor is Jared Nieuwenhuis 48 The mayor administrates council meetings helps set the issues on the council s meeting agendas and serves as the city s most visible spokesperson Operational authority is held by the city manager who administers the city s day to day activities The city manager is also elected by the seven members of the council instead of by popular vote Politically the city leans strongly Democratic much like the Seattle King County area as a whole Of the 61 742 residents who cast ballots in the 2016 U S presidential election 66 11 voted for Hillary Clinton compared to 24 58 for Donald Trump 49 Education EditMain article Bellevue School District The vast majority of the city is served by the Bellevue School District 50 There are four main public high schools Bellevue High School Interlake High School Newport High School and Sammamish High School as well as two choice lottery high schools International School and Big Picture School Newsweek s 2015 ranking of U S public high schools placed Interlake at 359 and Newport at 391 with both schools noted for equitably helping low income students meet average scores on standardized tests 51 Portions of Bellevue also lie within the boundaries of Lake Washington School District Renton School District and Issaquah School District 50 At the higher education level the city is home to Bellevue College part of the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system Bellevue is home to Open Window School an independent school serving gifted students from kindergarten through eighth grade The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle is located in Bellevue serving students from Pre Kindergarten to Grade 8 At the elementary level Bellevue is home to several Montessori schools citation needed the Eastside s only Waldorf education at Three Cedars School as well as Bellevue Christian School The Seattle Japanese School a Japanese weekend supplementary school holds its classes in Bellevue 52 Economy EditSee also List of companies based in Bellevue Washington Bellevue is an economic hub of the Seattle region s Eastside and home to the headquarters of various sizes including the U S operations for many international firms Since 2005 the city has become a hub for software engineering and other technology development centers These include Expedia PACCAR Inc T Mobile US Eddie Bauer SAP Concur and Symetra Bellevue hosts a number of satellite offices for large technology companies such as eBay Oracle Salesforce Google and Microsoft Microsoft was at one point headquartered in Bellevue but has since moved to the neighboring community of Redmond Washington Celebrated video game companies Valve Bungie Sucker Punch Productions and The Pokemon Company are also based here In 2019 Amazon 53 and Facebook 54 announced plans to open large engineering centers in Bellevue with plans to add several thousand employees 55 In 2018 Google also opened a major engineering facility in downtown Bellevue 56 As of 2020 update there are several high rise office buildings in Downtown Bellevue that are under construction or in active planning and design phases including Bellevue 600 part of a major Amazon campus 57 58 Several high rise residential buildings are also planned in downtown spurred in part by future light rail service on former retail and low rise commercial lots 59 60 Largest Employers in Bellevue 2021 61 Rank Employer Bellevue FTEs1 Microsoft 8 7002 T Mobile 6 3003 Amazon 3 1004 Overlake Hospital 2 8005 Bellevue School District 2 5006 City of Bellevue 1 9007 Bellevue College 1 8008 Concur 1 7009 Salesforce 1 30010 Symetra Financial 1 000The city has numerous thriving commercial districts with four major shopping centers Bellevue Square in the downtown area Factoria Mall to the south Crossroads Mall to the east and the Overlake Shopping District in the north Panorama of the Downtown Bellevue skyline taken from Bellevue Downtown Park in 2009Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 1900254 1910150 40 9 19201 213708 7 19301 071 11 7 19401 1779 9 19507 658550 6 196012 80967 3 197061 196377 8 198073 90320 8 199086 87417 6 2000109 56926 1 2010122 36311 7 2020151 85424 1 2021 est 149 440 3 1 6 U S Decennial Census 62 2020 Census 2 As of 2018 one in three Bellevue residents was born outside the United States About half of residents identify as a person of color or ethnic minority 61 According to a 2018 estimate the median income for a household in the city was 113 698 10 In a 2020 survey of Centers for Disease Control data Bellevue was ranked first among small U S cities with the highest percentage of physically active adults with 86 percent reporting that they exercise 63 In 2006 Bellevue was rated one of the 25 safest cities in America 64 based on the per capita incidence of violent crime 2010 census Edit As of the census 7 of 2010 there were 122 363 people 50 355 households and 32 145 families residing in the city The population density was 3 827 4 inhabitants per square mile 1 477 8 km2 There were 55 551 housing units at an average density of 1 737 6 per square mile 670 9 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 62 6 White 2 2 African American 0 4 Native American 27 6 Asian 0 2 Pacific Islander 3 1 from other races and 3 9 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7 0 of the population There were 50 355 households of which 30 0 had children under the age of 18 living with them 52 9 were married couples living together 7 6 had a female householder with no husband present 3 3 had a male householder with no wife present and 36 2 were non families 28 1 of all households were made up of individuals and 8 4 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 41 and the average family size was 2 97 The median age in the city was 38 5 years 21 2 of residents were under the age of 18 7 6 were between the ages of 18 and 24 30 8 were from 25 to 44 26 5 were from 45 to 64 and 13 9 were 65 years of age or older The gender makeup of the city was 50 1 male and 49 9 female 2000 census Edit As of the census of 2000 there were 109 569 people 45 836 households and 29 060 families residing in the city The population density was 3 563 6 inhabitants per square mile 1 375 8 km2 There were 48 396 housing units at an average density of 607 7 km2 1 574 0 mi2 The racial makeup of the city was 74 33 White 1 99 African American 0 32 Native American 17 39 Asian 0 23 Pacific Islander 2 54 from other races and 3 19 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5 32 of the population There were 45 836 households out of which 27 5 had children under the age of 18 living with them 53 0 were married couples living together 7 5 had a female householder with no husband present and 36 6 were non families 28 4 of all households were made up of individuals and 7 9 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 37 and the average family size was 2 93 In the city the population was spread out with 21 1 under the age of 18 7 8 from 18 to 24 32 6 from 25 to 44 25 0 from 45 to 64 and 13 4 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 38 years For every 100 females there were 98 4 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96 6 males The median income for a household in the city was 62 338 and the median income for a family was 76 868 Males had a median income of 56 456 versus 37 124 for females The per capita income for the city was 36 905 About 3 8 of families and 5 7 of the population were below the poverty line including 5 7 of those under age 18 and 6 3 of those age 65 or over Arts and culture EditCultural events Edit Bellevue is the site of the annual Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair originally Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair held since 1947 during the last weekend in July The biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition draws thousands of visitors to the Downtown Park to view up to 46 three dimensional artworks from artists around the country In celebration of its strawberry farming history Bellevue holds an annual Strawberry Festival on the fourth weekend in June at Crossroads Park 65 The festival initially began in 1925 and continued to 1942 when many Bellevue s strawberry farmers were incarcerated as part of the Japanese Internment In 1987 the festival was resumed as a one evening event and in 2003 it was expanded back to a multi day festival 66 Places of interest Edit Bellevue Arts Museum The Bellevue Arts Museum first opened in 1975 then moved to Bellevue Square in 1983 In 2001 the museum moved into its own building designed by Steven Holl The museum subsequently ran into financial difficulties and was closed to the public in 2003 After a lengthy fundraising campaign a remodel and a new mission to become a national center for the fine art of craft and design the museum reopened on June 18 2005 with an exhibition of teapots 67 The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art now closed contained one of the largest doll collections in the world more than a thousand dolls displayed on two floors of a Victorian style building 68 which is now the site of the KidsQuest Children s Museum Near Interstate 405 is Meydenbauer Center a convention center that brings corporate meetings and charity events to the downtown area Meydenbauer also includes a 410 seat theater which attracts operas ballets and orchestral performances 69 The city government has planned to build a performing arts center tentatively named the Tateuchi Center named for philanthropist Ina Tateuchi since the 1980s 70 It would include a 2 000 seat concert hall offices and creative spaces at a site in Downtown Bellevue The 200 million project is partially funded with private donations and grants from the city and county governments 71 Sports and recreation Edit Since the 1970s the city has taken an active role in ensuring that its commercial development does not overwhelm its natural land and water resources 72 Today the Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department manages more than 2 500 acres 10 km2 of parks and open spaces including the Downtown Park and the Bellevue Botanical Garden as well as several playgrounds beach parks and trails More than 5 500 Bellevue residents participate in volunteer activities through this department annually 73 Bellevue was home to the American Basketball Association team the Bellevue Blackhawks The Blackhawks in 2005 despite being ranked 13th in the league made it to the championship game in front of 15 000 fans in Little Rock Arkansas 74 The team has been inactive since 2006 75 Notable people EditThis section contains embedded lists that may be poorly defined unverified or indiscriminate Please help to clean it up to meet Wikipedia s quality standards Where appropriate incorporate items into the main body of the article October 2015 William S Ayer former president and CEO of Alaska Airlines 76 Ricky Horror guitarist and backing vocalist of Motionless in White Peter Horton actor 77 James Love Director Knowledge Ecology International 78 Rob McKenna former Attorney General of Washington 79 Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft 80 Gabe Newell owner of Valve Timothy Omundson actor 81 Ann Reinking Broadway actress dancer and choreographer Larry Sanger Wikipedia co founder 82 Ann Wilson co founder of Heart 83 Nancy Wilson co founder of Heart 83 Athletes coaches and sportscasters Edit Budda Baker professional football player safety for Arizona Cardinals 84 Michael Brantley Major League Baseball MLB outfielder for the Houston Astros 85 Matthew Boyd MLB player pitcher for the Seattle Mariners Matt Hague former MLB first baseman who is currently a minor league hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays Tim Lincecum former MLB pitcher Dave Niehaus former broadcaster for California Angels and Seattle Mariners recipient of the Ford C Frick Award 86 John Olerud former MLB player for Toronto Blue Jays Seattle Mariners 87 Detlef Schrempf former All Star NBA player for Seattle SuperSonics Matthew Sheldon professional soccer player for the Charleston Battery Robert Stock MLB player 88 Chuck Swirsky NBA broadcaster for Chicago Bulls Toronto Raptors Matt Tuiasosopo former professional baseball player and the current manager of the Gwinnett StripersSister cities EditBellevue has the following sister cities 89 90 Hualien Taiwan Yao Osaka Prefecture Japan Kladno Czech Republic 91 Liepaja LatviaSee also EditGontmakher Mansion Lakemont WashingtonReferences Edit 2019 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved August 7 2020 a b c 2020 Census Redistricting Data Public Law 94 171 Summary File American FactFinder United States Census Bureau 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